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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Okobojo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Okobojo and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Okobojo:
- 44.646684, -100.395552
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Okobojo
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Sully County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sully County
- Since Okobojo is near Hughes County and also Stanley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hughes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stanley County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Okobojo
Curious and Interesting Names Near Okobojo ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Blunt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Canning is located in Hughes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canning
- Forest City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Forest City is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Gray Goose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gray Goose is located in Hughes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Goose
- Lacy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lacy is located in Stanley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Estimated population in 2014: 66 people
- Marksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marksville is located in Dewey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Estimated population in 2014: 771 people
How Far From Okobojo to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Okobojo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Okobojo and extending to:
- Onida, which is the Seat of Sully County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Okobojo to Onida, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,261 miles [2,029.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 72 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,460 miles [10,396.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,223 miles [11,624.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,158 miles [8,301 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Okobojo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Okobojo to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Okobojo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6467, Longitude: -100.3956 In this case, the coordinates for Okobojo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.444 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.009 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.679 degrees. |
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